Source: Peter Schroeder, THE HILL, 1/6/14

 
The Senate on Monday voted 56-26 to confirm Janet Yellen as the first woman to lead the Federal Reserve.  Eleven Republicans joined Democrats present on Monday in voting to confirm Yellen, who will face more scrutiny than perhaps any central bank leader before her when she formally takes the reins this month from the retiring Ben Bernanke.

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